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>>>on today's money" finding money around your house, not the change under the cushions. this is the stuff you've inherited or bought at a
flea market
and wondered how much it's
worth
and natalie is going to find out whether or not she can retire right here on the airbased on something she dug out of her own home.

>>last time we did this your husband's
comic book
collection was
worth
quite a bit.
comic strip
art is hot and we have an example of that. tell me about this.

>>tommy from nevada actually bought this at a
garage sale
for $1. the artist on it is from a
comic strip
called "
jungle jim
." the artist is
alex raymond
who went on to draw
flash gordon
. i think we an inkling this might be
worth
something.

>>it's a noted artist. but it's
worth
a lot.

>>take a look, what do you think?

>>it needs a little restoration, you can see that around the corners and typically we expect that to an extent with these sort of pieces. i would say on any given day probably about $2,000
worth
restoration.

>>wow.

>>really?

>>with restoration almost as much as $5,000 so the price really increases.

>>what would a restoration cost somebody if they want to get it up to $5,000, is that expensive?

>>it's about a couple hundred dollars. so
worth
it, absolutely.

>>$1 investment, not too bad. now this is cool because this isn't something from a
garage sale
. it turned up in an attic from a previous home own per

>>jackie and her family moved into this house in ohio that was previously owned by the armstrong family, parents of
neil
, up in the attic they found some of
neil
's old term papers, not so interesting but they also found this airplane, and because of the fact that he was the first guy on the moon, the airplane is really interesting, but there's all this paperwork that's important, right, kate?

>>in this instance we wanted to show you guys what good provenance looks like. the newspaper with the armstrong drive so the street was named after him and we already have a photo that's been signed of the house by
neil armstrong
.

>>wow.

>>the owner actually wrote to
neil
and asked if he would mind doing that for her. he had no problem with it whatsoever, and there's all sorts of great paperwork that goes with it. i love it is a plane and not a
teddy bear
or truck. obviously speaks to his passions.

>>that said, how much is that toy perhaps
worth
?

>>probably about $2,500.

>>wow. that's great.

>>incredible.

>>not bad for something you found in the attic. let's move on to our next item,
coin collecting
is huge for people.

>>this showed up --

>>jean was a big
coin collector
. not surprising.

>>this coin showed up in a box that gary in arizona received from his father when his father died, just a box of coins. he dug this one out, it's really old.

>>it's an american coin?

>>it was minted here in philadelphia on the
east coast
. what's interesting about coins, though, is that unfortunately age doesn't necessarily mean anything so you can have a really old penny but it's how rare the coin is and then the condition. this is in great condition. what it was used for was trade in china, taken wasn't struck while it was in china so it's
worth
more in the condition it's in, about $150.

>>which is great. interesting.

>>and now the moment we've been waiting for, this painting, first of all natalie where did you get the painting?

>>at a consignment store in connecticut near where i used to live and i believe it's the old
mill river
from new haven on the back, and the artist is eugene avery on the right-hand side. that's all i really found out about it. i don't know when it was painted. it looks like sort of mid century.

>>yes. i would agree with that. it's nice you can figure out who it's signed by. sometimes the 6signatures are hard to discern. this was not an artist on our website and so we would consider it probably decorative value which means it's a beautiful piece to decorate the wall, under $150 in value.

>>eh. there you go.

>>she's coming to work tomorrow.

>>it's less than what i paid for it. the necklace. in a
shoe box
.

>>"costume" jewelry, it's real.

>>it is real, it was wonderful. she pulled it out and was curious about it and it's absolutely beautiful, french, circa
1870
and probably
worth
$10,000.